Ag News

Ryder Lee is headed to Calgary to take on the role of General  Manager with the Canadian Cattle Association beginning September 1st.

Dennis Laycraft, the CCA Executive Vice-President Dennis Laycraft says Ryder brings an exceptional range of expertise, with a strong industry background, years of work on agriculture policy, and advanced management experience.

Lee says he's looking forward to helping producers from a new role, but admits it is still a little bittersweet.

Farmers are busy scouting crops, applying fungicides and trying to cut this years hay crop.

Saskatchewan's Weekly Crop Report shows livestock producers now have 16 per cent of the hay crop cut while eight per cent has been baled or put into silage. 

Provincially, hay quality is rated as 19 per cent excellent, 62 per cent good, 17 per cent fair and two per cent poor.

The warmer temperatures and recent rainfall has helped move crops forward.

Provincial Cereal Specialist Sara Tetland says the majority of crops are in fair to good condition.

The USDA released its July WASDE (World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates) report on Tuesday.

Dan Basse is President of AgResource Company in Chicago.

A hot, humid week in much of the southeast region helped crops to develop. However, many of the crops are behind their normal development stage and producers are hoping for warm, dry weather to aid crop development and allow for hay operations to resume.

Marketing can be one of the most challenging jobs on the farm, and one of the most rewarding.

Brian Voth, President of IntelliFARM Inc. says when it comes to marketing knowing your numbers is key. Voth was one of the speakers at the Thanks for Farming Tour stop in Swift Current, Saskatchewan July 12th and 13th.

To kick off the International Bison Convention 2022 in Saskatoon, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Marie-Claude Bibeau, announced an investment of up to $133,611 over two years to support economic growth for Canada’s bison industry.

The USDA released its July WASDE (World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates) report on Tuesday.

Dan Basse is President of AgResource Company in Chicago.

Crops have advanced rapidly across all parts of Manitoba this past week, faster than many agronomists had expected. Rapidly growing crops have hastened crop flowering, and cereal and canola fungicide application is well underway.

Warm temperatures, high humidity, and rain in recent days has increased the risk for fusarium head blight and sclerotinia disease development in crops, and most farmers are choosing to use a preventative fungicide on spring cereals and canola. Spraying is also expected to begin in flax fields shortly, and continues on field peas for for mycosphaerella.

The midway won't be returning to this year's Strathmore Stampede, but don't let that stop you from having a great time on the grounds! While the midway will be missed, there will be more than enough to replace it.

While many people like the midway, CEO and General Manager of Strathmore Ag Society Ryan Schmidt explains that it didn't return since he was worried that it could possibly ruin the days of some visitors and their families.

Thunder and lightning echoed through the prairies last Friday night, leaving a southwest Saskatchewan farmer and his family to discover a devastating scene on Sunday morning. 

The Briere family is now facing a tremendous loss, both financially and emotionally, after lightning struck their pasture, leaving 28 cattle deceased.